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Easter's date is based on the lunar calendar. Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Easter can be as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Friday begins a most divine weekend. For Christians, it's Good Friday, and for Jews it's the start of Passover. Sunday is Easter, and we're in the middle of the Muslim holy month of ...

Jews, Christians and Muslims around the world will all see a rare overlap of major religious observances this weekend, bringing a confluence of reflections for communities making up the three ...

Apparently, they didn't get the memo. Passover won't start until the evening of Friday, April 15, this year. Easter Sunday is uncommonly late, falling on April 17 for the first time in 62 years. In a ...

Regarding “Who’s Going to Buy All This Matzo?” (Page One, April 4): Passover isn’t late this year. Passover begins every year on the same calendrical day, the 15th day of Nissan.

Lent, Passover and Ramadan converge in April. It’s a time for prayers and family gatherings for Jews, Christians and Muslims. In their own ways, the three Abrahamic faiths seek to remind us of our ...